Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2017 - 2020 Positive analyses of clustering the agri-food-tourism industry and the proof of 'economies of sequence'
2012 - 2015 Construction of a Strategic Development Model of the Agriculture- Food-Culture Industry Cluster in ODA
2008 - 2011 Comprehensive analysis on constructing an index of regional discrepancies, identifying factors based on it and policy for remedy
Papers (31):
Akifumi Kuchiki. The existence of economies of sequence: A theory of architecture in building an industry agglomeration. Regional Science Policy and Practice. 2019. 1-16
Akifumi Kuchiki, Tetsuo Mizobe. Basic concept and summary. A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia: Targeting the Agriculture, Food, and Tourism Industry. 2017. 3-29
Akifumi Kuchiki, Tetsuo Mizobe. An application of the flowchart approach to the agro-food-processing industry cluster in East Asia: The case of the Nacala Corridor Region in Mozambique. A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia: Targeting the Agriculture, Food, and Tourism Industry. 2017. 225-244
Akifumi Kuchiki, Tetsuo Mizobe, Toshitaka Gokan. A multi-industrial linkages approach to cluster building in East Asia: Targeting the agriculture, food, and tourism industry. A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia: Targeting the Agriculture, Food, and Tourism Industry. 2017. 1-295